1 Alguns fariseus e escribas de Jerusalém vieram um dia ter com Jesus e lhe disseram:
2 Por que transgridem teus discípulos a tradição dos antigos? Nem mesmo lavam as mãos antes de comer.
3 Jesus respondeu-lhes: E vós, por que violais os preceitos de Deus, por causa de vossa tradição?
4 Deus disse: Honra teu pai e tua mãe; aquele que amaldiçoar seu pai ou sua mãe será castigado de morte {Ex 20,12; 21,17}.
5 Mas vós dizeis: Aquele que disser a seu pai ou a sua mãe: aquilo com que eu vos poderia assistir, já ofereci a Deus,
6 esse já não é obrigado a socorrer de outro modo a seus pais. Assim, por causa de vossa tradição, anulais a palavra de Deus.
7 Hipócritas! É bem de vós que fala o profeta Isaías:
8 Este povo somente me honra com os lábios; seu coração, porém, está longe de mim.
9 Vão é o culto que me prestam, porque ensinam preceitos que só vêm dos homens {Is 29,13}.
10 Depois, reuniu os assistentes e disse-lhes:
11 Ouvi e compreendei. Não é aquilo que entra pela boca que mancha o homem, mas aquilo que sai dele. Eis o que mancha o homem.
12 Então se aproximaram dele seus discípulos e disseram-lhe: Sabes que os fariseus se escandalizaram com as palavras que ouviram?
13 Jesus respondeu: Toda planta que meu Pai celeste não plantou será arrancada pela raiz.
14 Deixai-os. São cegos e guias de cegos. Ora, se um cego conduz a outro, tombarão ambos na mesma vala.
15 Tomando então a palavra, Pedro disse: Explica-nos esta parábola.
16 Jesus respondeu: Sois também vós de tão pouca compreensão?
17 Não compreendeis que tudo o que entra pela boca vai ao ventre e depois é lançado num lugar secreto?
18 Ao contrário, aquilo que sai da boca provém do coração, e é isso o que mancha o homem.
19 Porque é do coração que provêm os maus pensamentos, os homicídios, os adultérios, as impurezas, os furtos, os falsos testemunhos, as calúnias.
20 Eis o que mancha o homem. Comer, porém, sem ter lavado as mãos, isso não mancha o homem.
21 Jesus partiu dali e retirou-se para os arredores de Tiro e Sidônia.
22 E eis que uma cananéia, originária daquela terra, gritava: Senhor, filho de Davi, tem piedade de mim! Minha filha está cruelmente atormentada por um demônio.
23 Jesus não lhe respondeu palavra alguma. Seus discípulos vieram a ele e lhe disseram com insistência: Despede-a, ela nos persegue com seus gritos.
24 Jesus respondeu-lhes: Não fui enviado senão às ovelhas perdidas da casa de Israel.
25 Mas aquela mulher veio prostrar-se diante dele, dizendo: Senhor, ajuda-me!
26 Jesus respondeu-lhe: Não convém jogar aos cachorrinhos o pão dos filhos. _
27 Certamente, Senhor, replicou-lhe ela; mas os cachorrinhos ao menos comem as migalhas que caem da mesa de seus donos...
28 Disse-lhe, então, Jesus: Ó mulher, grande é tua fé! Seja-te feito como desejas. E na mesma hora sua filha ficou curada.
29 Jesus saiu daquela região e voltou para perto do mar da Galiléia. Subiu a uma colina e sentou-se ali.
30 Então numerosa multidão aproximou-se dele, trazendo consigo mudos, cegos, coxos, aleijados e muitos outros enfermos. Puseram-nos aos seus pés e ele os curou,
31 de sorte que o povo estava admirado ante o espetáculo dos mudos que falavam, daqueles aleijados curados, de coxos que andavam, dos cegos que viam; e glorificavam ao Deus de Israel.
32 Jesus, porém, reuniu os seus discípulos e disse-lhes: Tenho piedade esta multidão: eis que há três dias está perto de mim e não tem nada para comer. Não quero despedi-la em jejum, para que não desfaleça no caminho.
33 Disseram-lhe os discípulos: De que maneira procuraremos neste lugar deserto pão bastante para saciar tal multidão?
34 Pergunta-lhes Jesus: Quantos pães tendes? Sete, e alguns peixinhos, responderam eles.
35 Mandou, então, a multidão assentar-se no chão,
36 tomou os sete pães e os peixes e abençoou-os. Depois os partiu e os deu aos discípulos, que os distribuíram à multidão.
37 Todos comeram e ficaram saciados, e, dos pedaços que restaram, encheram sete cestos.
38 Ora, os que se alimentaram foram quatro mil homens, sem contar as mulheres e as crianças.
39 Jesus então despediu o povo, subiu para a barca e retornou à região de Magadã.
1 Then there came to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying,
2 Why do your disciples go against the teaching of the fathers? for they take food with unwashed hands.
3 And in answer he said to them, Why do you, yourselves, go against the word of God on account of the teaching which has been handed down to you?
4 For God said, Give honour to your father and mother: and, He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death.
5 But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is given to God;
6 There is no need for him to give honour to his father. And you have made the word of God without effect because of your teaching.
7 You false ones, well did Isaiah say of you,
8 These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
9 But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as their teaching the rules of men.
10 And he got the people together and said to them, Give ear, and let my words be clear to you:
11 Not that which goes into the mouth makes a man unclean, but that which comes out of the mouth.
12 Then the disciples came and said to him, Did you see that the Pharisees were troubled when these words came to their ears?
13 But he said in answer, Every plant which my Father in heaven has not put in the earth, will be taken up by the roots.
14 Let them be: they are blind guides. And if a blind man is guiding a blind man, the two will go falling into a hole together.
15 Then Peter said to him, Make the story clear to us.
16 And he said, Are you, like them, still without wisdom?
17 Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth goes on into the stomach, and is sent out as waste?
18 But the things which come out of the mouth come from the heart; and they make a man unclean.
19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, the taking of life, broken faith between the married, unclean desires of the flesh, taking of property, false witness, bitter words:
20 These are the things which make a man unclean; but to take food with unwashed hands does not make a man unclean.
21 And Jesus went away from there into the country of Tyre and Sidon.
22 And a woman of Canaan came out from those parts, crying and saying, Have pity on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is greatly troubled with an unclean spirit.
23 But he gave her no answer. And his disciples came and said to him, Send her away, for she is crying after us.
24 But he made answer and said, I was sent only to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel.
25 But she came and gave him worship, saying, Help, Lord.
26 And he made answer and said, It is not right to take the children's bread and give it to the dogs.
27 But she said, Yes, Lord: but even the dogs take the bits from under their masters' table.
28 Then Jesus, answering, said to her, O woman, great is your faith: let your desire be done. And her daughter was made well from that hour.
29 And Jesus went from there and came to the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mountain, and took his seat there.
30 And there came to him great numbers of people having with them those who were broken in body, or blind, or without voice, or wounded, or ill in any way, and a number of others; they put them down at his feet and he made them well:
31 So that the people were full of wonder when they saw that those who had no voice were talking, the feeble were made strong, those whose bodies were broken had the power of walking, and the blind were able to see: and they gave glory to the God of Israel.
32 And Jesus got his disciples together and said, I have pity for the people, because they have now been with me three days and have no food: and I will not send them away without food, or they will have no strength for the journey.
33 And the disciples say to him, How may we get enough bread in a waste place, to give food to such a number of people?
34 And Jesus says to them, How much bread have you? And they said, Seven cakes, and some small fishes.
35 Then he gave an order to the people to be seated on the earth,
36 And he took the seven cakes of bread and the fishes; and having given praise, he gave the broken bread to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the people.
37 And they all took food, and had enough; and they took up of the broken bits, seven baskets full.
38 And there were four thousand men who took food, together with women and children.
39 And when he had sent the people away, he got into the boat, and came into the country of Magadan.